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Blocking or banning a contributor on Yo-kai Watch Encyclopedia is meant to prevent them from editing on articles, talk pages, templates or categories. There are various kinds of reasons why a contributor has been blocked or banned, which can be ranged from vandalism to harassment towards fellow contributors and staff members. Contributors that are banned from editing on the wiki will most likely disagree on that and will start to rebel against a staff member to invoke their ban or they will create a sockpuppet account to contribute or vandalize articles further. However, whatever reason there is, there is not a possible way to invoke a ban that you've received.

Request for blocking

If there is a contributor that does not follow the policy, the contributor can issue a request to a staff member to have the contributor banned from the wiki. However, a staff member cannot ban a user because they simply don't like them or they have something done wrong in the Discord server or any other social media platform. Notify the staff with a message on their talk page and explain your reason why you believe that a contributor should be banned. Due time the staff member will report which will result either a instant ban or they will give warnings to the contributor.

Reasons for blocking

There are various kinds of reasons to ban or block a contributor from editing. Mostly the main reason a contributor get banned or blocked is mostly because of vandalism or if they are harassing fellow contributors and staff members. As stated, there are various kinds of reasons why the contributor is banned from editing article pages, templates, talk pages, user page and categories. Mostly the main reasons are:

Edit or revert warring. Ignoring the warnings from a staff member. Being incivil towards fellow contributors or staff members. Vandalizing articles, talk pages, user pages, templates, or categories. Harassing or persistent harassing a fellow contributor or a staff member. Spamming articles, talk pages, user pages, templates, categories, contributors, or staff members. Uploading fan art, sensative images or adding fan theories in articles, talk pages, user pages, templates or categories.

Sockpuppetry is not allowed. If the contributor is showing signs of racism, homophobia or misogny. Creating a love letter in the talk pages of a character, Yo-kai or to a contributor. You will receive a formal warning when you edit an article without reading the policy. If the contributor comes up with very unusual and irrelevent statements of their opinions. Solving a problem through different methods such as a forum post on reddit or on a different wiki. If a contributor created an account with a very unusual username or it contains sexual or racial references.

One other rule is unfortunate. Any images or other content taken from Yo-kai Watch World will receive a warning. This is due that Yo-kai Watch World is known for harassing platforms that are using their images or content even if the images are public domain. This is unfortunate because the contributor in fact has no control about the issue and Yo-kai Watch World is the one to blame for their actions of harassment and illegally claiming images that are rightfully of Level-5 and Nintendo. The images or content can be used if we credit them, however, the site is not credit worthy.

Time of ban

The time of ban can vary greatly depending what you've done. Here is a run-down what the limited times are and what you should prevent from receiving such limitations to prevent you from editing:

Time	Reasons
2 hours	If the contributor is harassing contributors. If the contributor is caught in a act of an edit war. If the contributor is writing a love letter in the character, Yo-kai or user talk page.
1 day	If the contributor is harassing contributors. If the contributor is caught in a act of an edit war. If the contributor vandalizes articles on a small scale. If the contributor is writing a love letter in the character, Yo-kai or user talk page.
3 days	If the contributor is harassing contributors. If the contributor is caught in a act of an edit war. If the contributor vandalizes articles in a minimum scale. If the contributor is writing a love letter in the character, Yo-kai or user talk page.
1 week	If the contributor uploads fan art. If the contributor is harassing contributors. If the contributor is caught in a act of an edit war. If the contributor vandalizes articles in a minimum scale. If the contributor is writing a love letter in the character, Yo-kai or user talk page.
2 week	If the contributor uploads fan art. If the contributor add fan theories. If the contributor is harassing contributors. If the contributor is caught in a act of an edit war. If the contributor vandalizes articles in a minimum scale. If the contributor is writing a love letter in the character, Yo-kai or user talk page.
1 month	If the contributor uploads fan art. If the contributor add fan theories. If the contributor is harassing contributors. If the contributor is caught in a act of an edit war. If the contributor vandalizes articles in a minimum scale. If the contributor is writing a love letter in the character, Yo-kai or user talk page.
3 months	If the contributor uploads fan art. If the contributor add fan theories. If the contributor is harassing contributors. If the contributor is caught in a act of an edit war. If the contributor vandalizes articles in a minimum scale. If the contributor is writing a love letter in the character, Yo-kai or user talk page.
6 months	If the contributor uploads fan art. If the contributor add fan theories. If the contributor is harassing contributors. If the contributor is caught in a act of an edit war. If the contributor vandalizes articles in a minimum scale. If the contributor is writing a love letter in the character, Yo-kai or user talk page.
1 year	If the contributor uploads fan art. If the contributor add fan theories. If the contributor is harassing contributors. If the contributor is caught in a act of an edit war. If the contributor vandalizes articles in a minimum scale. If the contributor is writing a love letter in the character, Yo-kai or user talk page.
infinite	If the contributor uploads fan art. If the contributor add fan theories. If the contributor is harassing contributors. If the contributor is caught in a act of an edit war. If the contributor vandalizes articles in a minimum scale. If the contributor is writing a love letter in the character, Yo-kai or user talk page.